Imparting the Skills Employers Seek: Community-Engaged Learning as Career Preparation

Autor/inn/en	Otto, Elizabeth; Dunens, Elizabeth
Titel	Imparting the Skills Employers Seek: Community-Engaged Learning as Career Preparation
Quelle	In: Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 13 (2021) 1, S.39-56 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-5283
Schlagwörter	Job Skills; Soft Skills; Skill Development; Employer Attitudes; Personnel Selection; Career Readiness; Service Learning; Undergraduate Students; Student Behavior; Nonprofit Organizations; Internship Programs; School Community Programs; Partnerships in Education; Stakeholders; Citizen Participation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Produktive Fertigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Service-Learning; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Nonprofit-Organisation; Berufspraktische Ausbildung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung
Abstract	This paper explores the potential for postsecondary community-based educational experiences to impart the skills employers most desire from new college graduates. We gathered one U.S. university's community-engaged learning (CEL) stakeholders to collect detailed descriptions of the behaviors students practice during CEL. Students, faculty, and community partner participants had at least one semester of service-learning or nonprofit internship experience coordinated by the university's Center for Community Work and Learning. Qualitative responses generated from 46 participants were coded and then compared to the top skills business executives and hiring managers reported in 2018 as priorities for new college graduates. Data analysis yielded clearer understanding of the intersection between career readiness and CEL, as well as a potential tool to aid students in better articulating the skills they gain from CEL to future employers. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education. Tirey Hall Room 132 A, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809. Web site: https://discovery.indstate.edu/jcehe/index.php/joce/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01